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Big Mouth and Small Mouth - Chinese Characters

    Long long ago, there was a Big Mouth Giant who lived in the east side of a village. He did not eat meat or grain. He only ate words. He ate one word a day.
    On the first day, He ate a word small square (pronounced as Ko3). Big mouth giant ate a word small square became a word go home (hway2)




     On the second day, he ate a word people (pronounced as ren2). Big mouth giant ate a word people (ren2) became another word jail (cho2)




    On the third day, he ate a word number ten (shr2). Big mouth giant ate a word number ten (shr2) became another word garden (tien2)




    On the forth day, he ate a word big (da4). Big mouth giant ate a word big (da4) became another word because (yin1)




    On the west side of the village,there was a Small Mouth Kid who loved words so much. However, his mouth is so small that no word can fit into his mouth. So he can only use words to play an addition game.
One day, he added a word (pronounced as gee1) to his mouth and became another word shout (jiau4).




    Next day, he added a word beg (chi3) to his mouth and became another word eat (tsi1).




    Next day, he added a word bend (chan4) to his mouth became another word blow (choa1).




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